Business

17 commentsHaving trouble getting what you want for that home or apartment building you're trying to sell? Your best bet these days is to hope that UVA wants it.
Ahead of the South Lawn project, several...

52 commentsCitizens who have seen their water bills triple over the past decade are facing another wave of price hikes and a suddenly-doubled debt load that could cause financial trouble. And they have just...

4 commentsParticipants came prepared to leap over flames, scale walls, and wade through mud, but several runners in the first-ever Mud Warrior mud race faced an unexpected obstacle: a charging bull.
"Those...

0 commentsThe recent decision by the X Lounge to curtail its operating schedule to instigate more private parties heightens the mystique around another downtown restaurant space, one that although it closed in...

0 commentsFour years ago, when the Hook asked whether Charlottesville might be "New Yorkifying," a $10 martini at the trendy X Lounge was a key trend indicator. Indeed, when the multi-leveled restaurant/bar...

15 commentsThe creators of Mad Hatter didn't set out to invent a super-condiment, but they did see a void in the ever-changing hot sauce market.
As Nathan West tells it, his partner, Cailen von Briesen, a New...

12 commentsIf you've recently noticed some spiffy new rail cars rolling o'er the countryside, there's a reason: CSX has been bolstering its fleet with about 7,000 new cars to service the company's massive coal...

27 commentsJust two weeks after the artery-clogging opening of Cook-Out, word comes that another Greensboro-based food company plans to shake up Charlottesville.
Fresh Market, a fast-growing grocer that...

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Prior stories
• Concrete move: Market Annex work begins on Main St.
• High on the Skybar
Interior build-out may begin next week for One Meatball Place, the sphere-centric dining venue first...

6 commentsAfter just a couple of days, a planned display area for bulk materials at Allied Concrete has already made a visible impact on Harris Street.
The retaining walls are going up as fast as Legos because...

20 commentsBy Michael Akey“Farmers are the original environmentalists.”
That’s the phrase I heard several times during a recent state legislature committee hearing on a bill that would limit when farmers could...